Here you will be able to buy something called Donation Standard. With this you will be able to purchase different items that may be available in-game, such as Activations, Exp, or Diaspora Credit. Please read further for rates and procedure.

Rates:

1 Donation Standard = 10,000,000 DC

1 Donation Standard = 50 EXP

1 Donation Standard = 2500 Ref

4 Donation Standards = 1 Argonaut Behemoth (6000 EXP required)

5 Donation Standards = 1 Character Activation

... 1 Donation Standard = $0.50 USD ...

Procedure:

After you go through the process of purchasing Donation Standard, your in-game character that you choose will be credited the amount of ds that you purchased. After this is done, which shouldn't take any longer then 5 minutes, you will be able to use in-game commands such as buyactivation, buyexp, and buydc. To see how much ds your character currently has please use the in-game command dsamount. For a introduction on how to use in-game commands, please type in :help:: and enter while you are in space or in the bar of diaspora.